The Case of the Unevaluated Online Courses*
...producers and writers of the Dragnet television series. Reprinted from “The Case of the Unevaluated Online Courses”*, Academic Leader, 31.10 (2016) : 1, 3, (c) Magna Publications. All rights reserved....
Providing Leadership and Support to Professionally Develop Adjunct Faculty
...and, just possibly, the next best applicants in a faculty search. This article first appeared in Academic Leader on March 2, 2020 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Amy B....
Maintaining a State of Readiness for Sudden Transition to Deanship
...process to progress smoothly if events transpire rapidly. Reprinted from “Maintaining a State of Readiness for Sudden Transition to Deanship” in Academic Leader 23.4(2007)6,8 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved....
Pitfalls of Using Student Comments in the Evaluation of Faculty
...Retrieved from https://www.ideaedu.org/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/Technical-Reports/An-Analysis-of-IDEA-Student-Ratings-of-Instruction-Using-Paper-versus-Online-Survey-Methods-2002-2008-Data_techreport-16.pdf Hilbig, B. E. (2009). Sad, thus true: Negativity bias in judgments of truth. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45(4), 983–986. Knepp, K. A. F. (2012). Understanding student...
Consumer Liability 101: Six Areas to Watch, Part II
...to the institution of their full compliance. Reprinted from “Consumer Liability 101, Six Areas to Watch, Part 2,” Recruitment & Retention, 28.8 (2014): 1,2. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved....
Practical Higher Education: Fostering Sustainable Student Workforce Skills beyond the Academy
...St. Scholastica. (2017, April 24). You’re majoring in what? Making the case for a liberal arts degree. http://www.css.edu/the-sentinel-blog/making-the-case-for-a-liberal-arts-degree.html Hayes, A. (2020, March 23). Economic justice. Investopedia. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/economic-justice.asp Lazio, R., & Ford, H., Jr. (2019, June...
Filling an Empty Toolbox
...practice. Publications such as Academic Leader are a key component of this administrative training. But participation in programs like the American Council on Education’s Leadership Academy for Department Chairs (www.acenet.edu/leadership/programs/Pages/Leadership-Academy-for-Dept-Chairs.aspx)...
STEM Fatigue
<span class="excerpt_part">.... . <strong>Com</strong>mercialize. Create jobs. Spin off <strong>com</strong>panies.” <strong>(www</strong>.politicususa<strong>.com</strong>/2012/02/08/john-kasich-fail-teleprompters.html) That sentiment does not describe an environment in which bold new ideas are likely to flourish. However, the <strong>most</strong> telling indicator...</span>
Can Technology Improve Student Safety?
...an annual $40,000 licensing fee plus an annual $10,000 for the company’s Smart911 program. Reprinted from “Can Technology Improve Students’ Safety?” Campus Law Considered, September 21, 2015. © Magna Publications....
Why and How We Should Choose Civility in Academic Workplaces
...an inventory of uncivil workplace behaviors (see http://www.christineporath.com/assess-yourself/). Some of these behaviors (making demeaning or derogatory remarks, insulting others, belittling others non-verbally, writing rude emails) are easily identified as uncivil....